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Old 05-09-2008, 05:22 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by Nate the great View Post
Oh, they know about it. They just don't care. In this case we are talking about books licensed to Mobipocket from publishers. The publisher sets the retail price, and the publisher gets paid a percentage of that retail price for each book sold.

Mobipocket sells ebooks, but it also distributes ebooks to other retail websites. Amazon is of the retailers. If Amazon chooses to sell some ebooks for less than retail, it doesn't matter to the publisher because the publisher's cut is based on the suggested retail price. The amount the publisher is paid doesn't change if the ebook is sold for less.
So in other words, Mobi can sell the ebook for whatever price it chooses, as long as it pays the correct percentage of the agreed retail price? Or have I misunderstood...
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